[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ezG5odO.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/onHsgyw.jpeg[/img][h1]Lynette Hunter-Richoux & The Greenwood Coven[/h1][/center][right][b]Interactions:[/b] None.[/right][right][b][code]The Temple[/code][/b] [s][b][code]of Ass[/code][/b][/s] [b][code]Charming and Graceful Individuals.[/code][/b][/right][hr][hr] Lynette stared at the bar room surrounding her perceptional vantage point. From just behind Ruby, thanks to the myriad of cards still in her pocket, Lynette had a first row ticket to the comedy show of the season. She loved every bit of the chaotic nature that seemed to follow Sycamore around like a carrion feeder to a corpse. It was fresh, unpredictable: Qualities that let them win so long ago. If nobody has a plan, after all, how can countermeasures be created? But then there was the matter of her own son and the prize that she knew was coming back to her. Alizeé Vul… Child of the Void. Ecstasy and longing returned to Lynette as she practically drooled over the potential. Leon's plan to adjoin her to Layla gave way to immediate preparations as she sent for people to begin prepping a ritual room for the process. It happened so quickly, she stopped watching what Ruby was doing, so had no idea they'd be returning to her property within the next few minutes… A wind that carried leaves came from behind Lynette, right into her bar room. It spun around for a bit, before the Greenwood Coven appeared in front of her. Ruby stood tall, in a heroic pose with one hand on her hip and the other on her staff. “Dun-dun-duuun, dun-DUUUUUUN!” Jess made the sound effects, as Ruby dropped the bomb. “... Bitch ass Ninja,” Lynette grabbed the bridge of her nose in frustration as she was fixing herself a drink before the main event showed up. [color=8882be]”Wow! Wow, wow [i]wow![/i] What a fucking performance, Ruby. One for the fuckin’ movies… What the [i]Hell[/i] was that!? My fucking [i]cards[/i]? Nobody got them. Nobody, they’re im [i]Sullivan McPherson’s[/i] fucking pocket! What the Hell…”[/color] The woman openly frowned, almost pouting like a child. [color=8882be]”I trusted you! So, what did I get for that trust?”[/color] “... One of the few competent members of that ‘Coven’ distributing those cards for both of us,” Ruby rolled her eyes, before aiming her staff at Lynette. “Toooo be honest, I’m not sure what you’re hoping to glean from those clowns anyway.” Ruby shook her head, clenching her staff, “They are so chaotic I think we need to invent a new word for it.” [color=8882be]”Sullivan… Played football with Leon in highschool… Ruby, he was a [i]moron[/i] then, and he's a [i]drunk[/i] moron now! You honestly believe he's going to hand those cards out!? They'll wind up in a fucking washing machine after he's gotten drunk and forgotten them in his pocket!!!”[/color] Lynette gripped her face with a pained expression, dragging the hand up to run through the tremendously thick locks cascading down from her head. [color=8882be]”A wallet, a purse: Someone takes a card they dont give a shit about, and they stick it somewhere they forget. Carry it with them constantly, never considering that I am now there with them. My magic records, I observe. What do I gleam? Uncanny knowledge of daily happenings. Anything I can hear or see from them becomes usable information that we can reign this herd of cats in with, Ruby! [I]We need to make them useful![/i]”[/color] “Do not shit on Sully!” Ruby hissed, waving a hand in front of her. “Whatever you think about him, he’s one of us! And I could give less of a shit about those Sycamore losers, do not talk bad on my friend!” [color=8882be]”Then what happens next is [i]your fault.[/i] I asked you to do [i]one[/i] thing, Ruby! One! And you fucked off, because you feel like its not worth it. Why wasn't doing what I asked you worth it? Why is it that you all seem to just ignore what I ask and do what the fuck you want? You, Leon, Roxanne God bless her fucking soul… Am I a joke to you, Ruby!?”[/color] Lynette rarely let her more base emotions run wild, but she was furious and had little concern for how Ruby felt in the moment. [color=8882be]”You wanted an alliance. I said yes. Did you think I wouldn't ask you for anything? Like a fucking charity!? Goddamn it!...”[/color] Her face twisted into a frown, and she threw her hands up questioningly. “And fucking look! You weren't there! You don't have the magic I have!” Ruby slammed a hand on her chest, “Half of those motherfuckers didn't trust us! Do you think they would have taken them from me?!” Ruby paused, “If you say yes, you’re delusional!” “... Should we, uh, go now?” Jess asked, pointing towards the door. [color=8882be]”Jess… Go [i]where[/i], sweetheart? Just… Hang tight, you all have a drink, enjoy your pizzas… Ruby? Can we [i]please[/i] visit my office? So we're not agitating people undeserving?”[/color] “To the orgy, ideally!” Jess shouted, only to make the rest of Greenwood roll their eyes. Ruby clutched her staff and said to Lynnette, “Whatever you want, Temple-Mother.” Ruby’s tone was laced with venom. “... And the orgy is mid.” [color=8882be]”The orgy is [i]not[/i] Mid… It's a high class perpetu-[/color] Lynette continued on incessantly about the quality of her cultivated sex dungeons even as she led Ruby off and down one of the many dark and intentionally unremarkable halls. Eventually, they made it to Lynette's personal office, where she was free to speak to Ruby like she was an equal. Clearing her throat, Lynette frowned as she looked at Ruby. [color=8882be]”I'm not mad that it didn't work. I'm upset that it seems like you barely tried. Like you heard what I asked, and you immediately treated it like an impossible objective. Now, I like Sullivan. I really do, he's a sweet boy and we always loved him coming with Leon to our events… So I'm sorry I said that about him. But as your friend, you [i]know[/i] that he's the person most likely to leave a piece of paper in his pants pockets while he does laundry! It's just the nature of things…”[/color] Lynette paused, looking expectantly at Ruby while she fixed them both a drink from her personal shelf. Instead of grabbing the drink, Ruby went for the bottle and downed a fifth. Then she retorted, “Hey! I was going to try, but crazy shit kept happening one after another!” Ruby rolled her eyes. “I barely got a chance to talk before the Void Heart’s little pet opened her mouth.” [color=8882be]”Her [i]name[/i] is Alizée. Her b-b…-”[/color] Lynette’s voice hitched, and she whimpered slightly as she tried to take a deeper breath. Alcohol was knocked back, a frown turned into a scowl that turned into a frustrated expression of guilt. [color=8882be]”The poor, stupid girl is a ghost now. And we accepted her oath years ago; that we would help her [i]and[/i] Void Heart however we could. If that means keeping him from making his own bad decisions, so be it. We bring the two idiots together, we have everyone trying to release him in one well-monitored package.”[/color] Ruby facepalmed. “... I mean his other pet.”.” Lynette tilted her head, waving her hand sassily. [color=8882be]”Duh, Layla. She was included; the other idiot.”[/color] There was a chuckle, and she finally cracked a smile. [color=8882be]”Aw, fuck it. You know I’m just happy to have you hanging around again, don’t you? Try and get Sully to get those cards where he can; I don’t care if he’s throwing them in books at the local library, anywhere. Just increase my coverage and all is forgiven.”[/color] Ruby shrugged. “If he fucks it up, just give me some more, and I’ll take care of it.” “So, say,” Ruby began, sassily putting a hand on her hip, “Does the Void Heart like all his little pets white-haired and stupid?” Lynette's stern expression had softened previously, and now she was like a warm hug again. Friendly, happy. She laughed at the question, trying to consider how best to answer her. [color=8882be]”Well, the stupid part makes his M.O. easier to pull off. But the white hair? Even I don't know what the deal with that is…”[/color] She shook her head, topping her drink off from the bar and waving Ruby onward back toward her group in the other room. [color=8882be]”Leon will be home with Alizée soon. After what happened with Layla, I don't expect you to stick around. But- I do expect to see many Greenwood members at the end of the month. The Harvest Feast is shaping up to be the greatest feast we've ever held here, and I'd really love to see you and your own Coven come to celebrate. Bring Mummy too… You know I miss her, and she never answers my calls.”[/color] she frowned slightly, thinking about Ruby's mother fondly. “I would rather gouge my eyes out with a burning hot knife than be in the same building with that bitch,” Ruby said with a sigh, twisting her face up. “Now, I will find the rest of Greenwood and leave because I know I’ll punch that bitch in the face. Knowing them, they probably found the orgy, and I’ll have to drag them out kicking and screaming.” [color=8882be]”Come, come… If they have found it, they'll likely be stuck. It may take both of us to pry them off the sticky wall.”[/color] Ruby walked off into the halls alongside Lynette.